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The U.S. Department of Labor has been thwarted in its attempt to expand the overtime rule after accusations of exceeding its authority. A Texas federal judge struck down the DOL overtime rule on Friday, which means over 1 million workers could lose the overtime pay and salary hikes that they gained with the additional compensation with the DOL’s pol
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cy. For now, the 35k overtime salary threshold remains as it was before the DOL attempted to increase it to $43k. Employers and employees need to keep a close eye on the implications of the overtime rule to see how it will